FORT MADISON - Fort Madison got some big wins on the way to a landslide victory over Fairfield Thursday night on the road.
The Hounds rolled to a 57-12 win surrendering just two losses both by pin at 113 lbs and 138 lbs.
It was also the first time ever that the Bloodhound girls wrestling team wrestled prior to the boys event during Fairfield's senior night.
In the boys event, Fort Madison recorded seven pins and two decisions.
One of the more dramatic pins came when Emmett Kruse came back in the third period to get a pin over Fairfield's Aiden Lyons at 160 lbs.
Kruse trailed 5-0 in the second period after missing a throw in the first period and winding up on his back. But the senior fought off Lyons' attempt to get the Hounds shoulders to the mat for 32 seconds at the end of the first period.
The two battled scoreless in the second and then Kruse got a take down against Lyons who appeared to be tiring toward the end.
Kruse let him up surrendering the one-point escape, but then dashed in for another two-point take down and then rolled it into a pin for six points.
Another big win came at 145 where Nolan Riddle scored a 3-0 decision in a revenge win over Fairfield's Cason Miller, who pinned Riddle last year in conference wrestling.
"He's a good kid. He beat Nolan last year," said head coach Ryan Smith
"But Nolan looks better than he was last year. He looks better offensively and he's keeping people off his legs better this year."
All the Fort Madison wrestlers were wrestling up a weight class to account for senior Daniel Sokolik, who is still out at 220 nursing a bum knee.
"We knew that if everybody did their job we didn't have to risk putting him out there. If this was districts he'd have been out there. We're just being cautious," Smith said.
Sokolik went down prior to the holidays in a home meet.
Smith said Noah Swigart's win at 113 and Calvin Johnson's loss at 138 were also good matches.
"Seeing Noah win, and Calvin Johnson winning during his match - those guys being in the matches - that's good to see," he said.
Fort Madison only had three girls in the varsity meet because one of the Fairfield wrestlers suffered an injury and couldn't take the mat.
Fort Madison's Tatum Peters was going so hard in her match at 152 that she didn't even realize the match was over in her win.
"I had no clue it was the third period. I thought it was still the second. I typically don't look at the scoreboard until I'm finished so it doesn't discourage me," Peters said.
"But I honestly didn't know I won until he raised my arm. I was ready to go another period."
Head coach Kyle Doherty said he appreciates that energy but wished more girls had been able to wrestle.
"I think the girls have shown tremendous growth. We wrestled very well at Highland and Ottumwa this weekend," Doherty said.
"They have a lot of energy. Tatum not knowing what round it was - I kind of like that mentality. We left some points on the mat for sure, but we'll review that stuff and show them where and why."
Complete results for the boys match are below. The girls results weren't immediately available.
Fort Madison (FOMA) 57.0 Fairfield (FAIR) 12.0
152: Aidan Pennock (FOMA) over Aiden Westercamp (FAIR) (Fall 0:57) 160: Emmett Kruse (FOMA) over Aiden Lyons (FAIR) (Fall 4:50) 170: Joe Hartman (FOMA) over Cam McClain (FAIR) (Fall 4:45) 182: Teague Smith (FOMA) over Dain Burkhart (FAIR) (Dec 11-4) 195: Landon Rudd (FOMA) over Logan Johnson (FAIR) (Fall 0:20) 220: Isaac Thacher (FOMA) over Dre Smithburg (FAIR) (Fall 1:59) 285: Cory Arnett (FOMA) over (FAIR) (For.) 106: Double Forfeit 113: Cael McCabe (FAIR) over Tateum Schelich (FOMA) (Fall 0:45) 120: Noah Swigart (FOMA) over Matthew Kensel (FAIR) (Fall 0:34) 126: Hayden Woolever (FOMA) over (FAIR) (For.) 132: Logan Pennock (FOMA) over Zach Westercamp (FAIR) (Dec 7-0) 138: Julian Pumphrey (FAIR) over Calvin Johnson (FOMA) (Fall 3:25) 145: Nolan Riddle (FOMA) over Cason Miller (FAIR) (Dec 3-0).
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